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ClayGuida posted...

Putin claiming it was Ukraine is pretty on brand.

The sooner this guy is out of power the better.

Isis has actually put out a second statement once again taking credit and providing a few details. I think they may actually be annoyed that Russia is trying to pin it on Ukraine when they are explicitly trying to take credit.

From the BBC live thread:

The Islamic State group has issued a follow-up statement offering more details about last nights attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, which the group earlier said it was behind.

The new details - published via IS group accounts on messaging app Telegram - say four attackers were involved in the deadly assault, and includes a picture claiming to show the four assailants, all masked. The update comes from the group's news outlet Amaq, which was also the source of the initial claim.

Neither of the two IS Amaq statements indicated which of IS's regional branches was responsible for the attack.

In terms of motive, Amaq says "the attack comes in the context of normal ongoing war between the Islamic State and [anti-Islam] countries".

The IS mouthpiece says the attack was carried out by "fighters" who it says were armed with "machine guns, a gun, knives and incendiary bombs", and that the attack was preceded by a "concerted" reconnaissance mission.

Russia has not yet commented on the claims but the US has said it's credible that the Islamic State group could be behind the attack.